Mordechai Vanunu Quotes

I couldn’t sleep for two years, they tried to break my nerves. They used a lot of psychology to brainwash.

I said the kidnapping is a crime. I have the right to speak about the crime done against me. They didn't like me to speak about this crime. So I decided to reveal it to the public.

Second point is no one here could predict or know that Israel was involved or started producing the hydrogen bomb - the most advanced and powerful atomic bomb that can kill millions of people.

My job was to produce plutonium that was used for atomic bomb.

You cannot break the human spirit.

But I am not allowed to speak to foreigners and I am not allowed to leave the country. So I'm not so happy.

I smuggled the camera, it was no problem to smuggle the camera there. And I took 60 photos, two films, during the time when there was no one in the control room, in the building.

I also was producing, working on other materials for the hydrogen bomb. They call it lithium-6 and tritium. I was working on these and the only use for lithium-6 is the hydrogen bomb.

And I also take photos of hydrogen bomb, from another part of the building. It was not part of my job, but I succeeded to go and take photos of the hydrogen bomb.

All I want to do is to go to America, get married and start a new life.

So I decided the only place I can speak to the world is from outside Israel.

I have sacrificed my freedom and risked my life in order to expose the danger of nuclear weapons which threatens this whole region. I acted on behalf of all citizens and all of humanity.